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Title: Illustrator 9 for Windows and Macintosh Visual Quickstart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas ISBN: 0-201-70898-1 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.58 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good reference tool - not a good tutorial book
Comment: I learned long ago that the Visual Quick Start books are better as a reference tool than as a tutorial bookl; this book is no different. At 488 pages, it is about twice as thick as the usual Quick Start Guides. This should also give you an indication to the large amount of content the authors put into it.
I bought the book to use as a study aide for taking my ACE Exam in Illustrator. It was not very helpful for this. I wasn't totally disappointed however. It is a great book for when I am actively using Illustrator and need to remember some activity that I don't do too often and need to look it up. Think of it like a giant list of organized directions for doing things in Illustrator. As this kind of reference, it is quite useful.
In order of (chapter)number, the authors cover: Interface (1), How Illustrator Works (2), Startup (3), Views (4), Objects Basics (5), Select/Copy (6), Transform (7), Reshape (8), Fill & Stroke (9), Pen (10), Layers (11), Create Type (12), Style & Edit Type (13), Acquire (14), Brushes (15), Combine Paths (16), Gradients (17), Appearances (18), Masks/Transparency (19), Filters (20), Precision Tools (21), Actions (22), Preferences (23), Output/Export (24), Separations (25) and Web (26).
If you are a beginner, buy something else like Deke McClelland's Real World Illustrator 9. Once you get grounded, buy this as a reference tool when you are trying to remember how to do a particular task. If you are studying for your ACE Exam, buy both Deke's book and the Adobe Classroom in a Book for Illustrator 9.
Rating: 1
Summary: Waste of money
Comment: This book is the worst tutorial Illustrator book out there. It doesn't explain how or why. Not a good book for those new to Illustrator like I am.
Rating: 1
Summary: The worst book I could have purchased....
Comment: Unclear, unorganized, and a complete waste of time.
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Title: Photoshop 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas ISBN: 0201713098 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 25 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: QuarkXPress 4 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elaine Weinmann ISBN: 0201696231 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 13 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: QuarkXPress 4 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) by Elaine Weinmann ISBN: 0201696991 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 21 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Photoshop 7 for Windows & Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas ISBN: 0201882841 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 16 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: QuarkXPress 5 for Windows & Macintosh Visual Quickstart Guide by Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas ISBN: 0201354918 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 17 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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